Floor set



I. KEYZER.

FLOOR SET.

APPLICATION FILED 0Ec.21, 1921.

Patented 0012. W, 1922..

Patented that, Ml,

i innate JOHN KEYZER, 015' 'WEST ALLIS, WISCONSIN.

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Application filed December 21, 1921.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that l[, J QI-IN Knvznn, a citl-[sen of the United States, residing at West ing a body member having agroove Allis, in the county of a the flooring and tongue in such thebody and the other end of the e an extension disposedin alignment withthe isconsin, have invented a new and useful 1 Floor Set; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full,

clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame. i

The invention relates to floor sets and has for its object to provide afloor set compristherein for the reception of the tongue of a piece offlooring and adapted to engage the side of a manner that the flooringmay be forced into close engagement with the adjacent piece of flooringso that it may be nailed into place. Also to provide the body memberwith a handle memben extending upwardly and adapted to be grasped by theoperator and with an extension disposed opposite the grolove adapted tobe engaged by a hammer ol p A further object is to provide one end ofmember with an integral nail set body member with nail set, and adaptedto be engaged by a hammer, thereby allowing the operator, durmg a floorlaying operation to not only set the flooring, but also to set theflooring nails.

With the above andother objects in view the invention resides in thecombination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter set forth, shown inthe drawings, described and claimed, it being understood that changes inthe precise embodiment of the invention may be made within the scopeofwhat is claimed without of the invention,

In the drawinglligure 1 is a side elevation of the floor set showing thesame in engagement with the side of a plece of flooring. I Figure 2 1s ahorizontal sectional view.

taken online 2-2of Figure 1, part of the body portion of the setbeing toshow the tongue receiving groove.

Figure 3 1s a side elevation of the device showing the same in positionfor use as a nail set.

Referring 1 designates shaped tool to the drawings, the numeral thesubstantially rectangularly head, one of the longitudinal Milwaukee,State of departing from the spirit mer poll in parallel relation tobroken away Serial No. 523,900.

sides of which is provided with a groove 2 wh ch is adapted to receivethe tongue 3 of a piece of flooring 4 as shown in Figure 1, which pieceof flooring 4 is then forced into close; engagement with an adjacentpiece of flooring by percussive blows on the projection 5 by means of ahammer poll 6. The pro ection. 5 is disposed on the opposite side of themember 1. Extending upwardly from the member 1 is a handle 7, whichhandle is adapted to be grasped by the operator during a floor layingoperation. Dur ing a floor laying operation it is not only necessary toforce the fiooringboards 4 into engagement with the adjacent flooringboard but also necessary to secure the boards to joist by means ofnails, which nails may either bedriven throughthe boards themselves fromtheir upper surfaces or driven angularly through the edge of the boardsfrom adjacent the upper side of the tongue 3. To facilitate thisoperation the rectangular shaped member 1 is provided with a nail setprojection 8 extending out from the end 9-0f the member 1, and which isadapted to be placed in engagement with the nail 10 for setting the sameafter it has been driven into the board by means of the hammer. The endll of the memberl is provided with a hammer engaging head 12 which is inalignment with the nail set proection 8 and adapted to be engaged by ahammer during a nail setting operation.

From the above it will be seen that not only a floor set is provided,but also in combination with said set, a nail set, and the device may bekept carpenter where it can be easily reached for setting the board orforsetting a nail.

The invention having been set forth what is claimed as new and usefulis: v

The combination with a combined floor set andnail set, said floor sethaving a tongue receiving groove, said nail set having a ham the groove,one side of said hammer poll registering with the bottom of the floorset groove and forming an extension thereof.

In testimony whereof I have signed my 1 name to this specification inthe presence of witnesses.

two subscribing JOHN KEYZ ER.

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BLANCHE Honr,

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